(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm
(bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names
are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm
description is given. Years
within 60
miles 1874br,1879tsbr,1880,1884ts,1886,1895br,1896br,1898tsbr,1899ts,1901ts,1903,1909tsbr,1910,1912br,1915,1916 1917,1924ts,1931ts,1932ts,1933ts,1933tsbr,1934ts,1935br,1939tsbr,1942tsbr,1944,1951,1964br 1980,1988,1994ts,2002ts,2004,2005,2007br,2008ts 37
times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names from list above Charlie,Cleo,Allen,Gilbert,Gordon,Lili ,Ivan,Dennis,Dean,Gustav,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=17, 45.94% H=20, 45.05%
Longest gap between storms 15 years 1964-1980
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.78 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds for a few hours) (13h)once every 10.77 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 112 mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2013
Last affected
by 2008 August 28th Tropical storm Gustav moves west over the island with 70mph winds,
This areas hurricane
past 1880 Oct 18th ,90mph from the S.E over 20 killed 1886 AUg 20th,110mph just west from the SSE 1903 Aug 11th,120mph from the ESE 1910 Sept 8th,80mph from the ESE just north 1915 Aug 12th,110mph just north from the ESE 1916 Aug 15th, 110mph from the ESE just south 1917 Sept 23rd, 105mph a very high storm surge reported in northern areas from the ESE. 1944 Aug 20th 120mph from the ESEcausing heavy damage,thousands left homeless. 1951 aug 18th hurricane Charlie hits from the ESEwith 85mph winds with much higher gusts causing heavy damage. 1980
hurricane Allen passes just north with 130mph winds on Aug 6th from the ESE. Damage photo 1988 Sept 12th,hurricane Gilbert just
south with 130mph winds causes moderate damage here . newspaper article | satelite photo
2004 ,sept 11th hit by Hurricane Ivan with 155mph winds moving approx 70 miles to the south with Ivan having a wind field approx 85 miles out. Moderate damage in Port Antonio.
2005 Hurricane Dennis passes just north by 35 miles as a cat 2 on July 7th with 105 to 110mph winds. Badly affected by heavy rains from Hurricane Dennis. Among the most affected was the Nightingale community, off Old Harbour Road.
Text Sources:The Major Hurricanes to affect the Bahamas Wayne Neely.....Hurricane Watch Dr. Bob Sheets & Jack Williams.....Inside the Hurricane Pete Davies.....The Ship & the Storm Jim Carrier.....Lunatic Wind William Price Fox...Sudden Sea R.A Scotti.....Hurricane Almanac Bryan Norcross.....Divine Wind Kerry Emanuel.....Florida's Hurricane History Jay Barnes.....Stormscaping Pamela Crawford.....Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States Rick Scwartz..... Killer Cane Robert Mykle..... Isaac's Storm Erik Larson.....Florida Hurricanes & Tropical Storms John M. Williams & Iver W.Duedall.....Path of destruction John McQuaid & Mark Schleifstein.....Sun sentinel newspaper(microfilm).....Miami Herald newspaper(microfilm).....NOAA research division.....hurricanecity.com (calculations) Jim Williams.....plus many more.............
Port Antonio,Jamaica's history with tropical
systems
